Example sentences of "just could n't [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just could n't eat it . |
| 2 | Just could n't eat it , I sa it was all |
| 3 | But I just could n't bring myself to do it . |
| 4 | ‘ I just could n't bring myself to shoot him ’ |
| 5 | I just could n't bring myself to do it . |
| 6 | ‘ She just could n't bring herself to tell him to sod off . ’ |
| 7 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
| 8 | I just could n't handle it any more . |
| 9 | Er mental torture , I just could n't handle it no more . |
| 10 | I knew I 'd never be free of the dog until he was gone ( Eric , poor well-meaning bright but ignorant Eric , thought I still was n't , and I just could n't tell him why I knew I was ) . |
| 11 | And they , then the other ones er there was one with General Motors and it was a , a huge thing , you were ten , it was a huge building , modern building but you just could n't tell what it was from the outside . |
| 12 | Oh I just I just could n't tell you really what |
| 13 | But I just could n't reach her . |
| 14 | I just could n't bear it any more . |
| 15 | He just could n't bear it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I just could n't bear it , ’ she recalls . |
| 17 | I do n't go when he 's there ; I just could n't bear it . |
| 18 | I just could n't avoid it , really . |
| 19 | Sometimes you just could n't open your mouth with those two . |
| 20 | So whenever he tried to explain any musical idea he just could n't make his bands understand . |
| 21 | ‘ I was shown these two kids in a very pitiful state and I just could n't do nothing . ’ |
| 22 | When talking of what is much discussed in East Berlin as ‘ the China solution ’ , an elderly woman at the Church of the Saviour expressed a widely-held view when she declared : ‘ The authorities just could n't do it . |
| 23 | In fact we just could n't do it . |
| 24 | So I wanted to progress and I just could n't do it . |
| 25 | Then I got stuck : I just could n't do it . ’ |
| 26 | I just could n't do it . |
| 27 | And er we just could n't do it . |
| 28 | No , I just could n't do it . ’ |
| 29 | Just could n't do it . |
| 30 | Once he reached adolescence , just could n't control him . |